Corset



H. A. COLLEY Aug. 5 1924.

CORSET Filed March 26. 1921 rlmu s the improved features,

Patented Aug. 5, 1924.

warren srsras PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY A. .GOLLEY, OE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN LADY CORSET COMPANY, 015 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

CORSET.

Application filed March 26, 1921. Serial No 455,938.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. COLLEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to corsets, and the invention consists in the provision of improved bust portions in a corset.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front view of a corset having the garment being shown fully opened out;

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

In these views the reference character A designates two sections forming a corset, said sections having clasps B for establishing the usual quick detachable connection between said sections at the front of the garment. Adjacent the upperedge of the garment at the front thereof, there is provided a pair of bust portions each of which portions comprises a pair of triangular elastic inserts C. It is preferred to omit substantially rectangular portions of the body so of the garment ateach side of the upper ends of the clasps B, and to arrange said elastic portions 1n the openings thus formed. The triangular portions C have their upper edges oppositely inclined and intermediately crossing so as to form in efiect diagonals of the rectangular opening in which said inserts are disposed. Each pair of triangular members C is secured preferably by stitching at the remote edges thereof to the ends to of said rectangular opening and at their lower edges to the bottom of said opening. Considered jointly each-overlapping pair of triangular members has a V-shaped upper margin. The over-lapping lower portion?- 4 of said members C are not directly connected, and are consequently free to move relatively in conforming to the bust of the wearer of the garment.

Among the various merits of the described construction may be mentioned the fo1lowing:

The V-shaped upper margin of the bust portions conforms to the body of the wearer, said portions engaging respectively beneath the breasts of the wearer and eliminating a r;

source of discomfort in such garments as heretofore constructed. The two-part construction of each bust portion allows a freer expansion to accommodate the breasts than may be obtained from a single elastic member, particularly in View of the oppositely inclined upper edges of said portions. The two-part construction of each bust portion permits the use of elastic material having the nature of bands having a finished upper edge, without the necessity of cutting away a portion of said edge.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A corset. formed of two sections, the upper edges of said sections being inclined downwardly and inwardly toward each other, each section having an opening at the top thereof, and inner and outer substantially triangular-shaped elastic members crossing each other and secured. to the edges of said openings, the upper edges of the outer members being in alignment with the inclined edges of said sections.

2, A corset including two sections, the upper edges of said sections inclining inwardly toward each other, each section hav ing an opening at the upper edge thereof, and inner and outer substantially triangular shaped yieldable members crossing each other and secured to the edges of said open ings, the upper edges of certain of said members being in substantial alignment with the inclined edges of said sections.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HARRY A. OOLLEY. 

